Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-20
W. VA. CENTRAL R. R.
THE FIRST THROUGH TRAIN FROM DAVIS
W. VA, TO CUMBERLAND. ND
The Tram, Loaded With Projectors and Interested
Parties and Decorated for the Occasion, Ar
riyss On Schedule Tims-Speechss
On the Event
Speelal Tsseqran 70 a, Reaiarr.

Special Telegram 10 the Register.
PIEDMONT, W. Va, July l9.-The torn
up track through the Cookery Farm
OF the. Piedmont aud Cumberland Railway
was replaced and connected on Saturday,
the 10th Just, at 6.1O p. M, under the
efficient supervision of Mr.. W. Z. Porter,
who is we'll and fayorably known through
out West Virginia and Maryland, and
yesterday evening, the 18th inst, the first
through mail train ran through on schedule
time from Davis, W. Va, to Cumberland,
Md, distance of 55 miles.
The train was under charge of Capt. C..
II. Candy, Conductor On board were Col.
Thomas B. Davis, General Manager; Mr..
Geo. ID. Woodrow, Auditor; Capt. Geo. W.
Harrison, General Agent; Col. w. f. Por-
ter, Superintendent of Construction; Col
John Eyerhart, Road Master. and Mr.. Ed
ward Kemp, Supervisor of Track between
w. Va junction and Cumberland. Mr..
James A. Mulholland, General Manager of
Cumberland and Georges Greek Railway
Co., and Hon. VIM. NJ, Welch, of Keyser,
W. v, we're amongst large number of
friends of the new road were also on the
train. Engineer Jacob Barker and Fire
man James Davis, of the "No. g." had the
Iron horse" profusely decorated with
wreaths of flowers aud flags for this occa-
sion.
Although the opening of the Piedmont
and Cumberland railway (which road is
operated by the West Virginia Central)
was not heralded or publicly announced,
vet upon the arrival of the train in the
Central depot Mt Cumberland fused jointly
by the Pennsylvania road and the Cum
berland and Georges Greek Railway Co. }
a large crowd Of epresentativeeitizensa and
business men of Cumberland, accompanied
by an excellent band of music, were pres.
ent at the depot to extend the hospitalities
and good will of the city to the new road
Hon. VIM. NJ. Welch, of Keyser, w. Va,
returned the thanks on the part of the Off
cialS of the new road to the citizens of
Cumberland and vicinity for their kind and
hearty cooperation in the opening up of
another feeder" to the Queen City OF the
Mountains. Mr.. Welch's remarks were
well received by the immense cOncourse OF
citizens present.
The mail and passenger train will leave
Cumberland, Md. daily for points on the
West Virginia Central rs far south as Davis.
The extension of the West Virginia Cen
trail south from Thomas Station TO Charles
ton, Hanawha county, West Virginia, is
being pushed rapidly, and large force OF
men under the supervision of Col. Wm. Z.
Porter are at work on the same.
The financial success of the West Yir-
ginia Central is now an assured certainty,
and the Hon. II. q. Davis, Hon. Stephen
b. ElkinS, Col. Thomas b. Davis and their
associates in the undertaking deserve the
thanks of the people of the State of West
Virginia for their substantial aid and assist
ance in developing this undevelOped part
of West Virginia, thereby largely adding to
the wealth aud prosperity OF this par: OF
West Virginia and, in fact, the State at
large.